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yuga.eth
@yuga
A key user segment that Twitter has and Farcaster doesn’t is reporters. As long as the primary source of new information remains news outlets, Twitter will always have an advantage in overall relevance, because people want to consume live news as quickly as possible. Note that I said reporters and not journalists. Even if it’s true that traditional media is dying because people are sick of agenda-driven journalism, there will always be strong demand for low latency factual reporting. You might retort and say that facts will move onchain as @balajis.eth has suggested. Maybe! I’d love to see that. But it’s unclear to me how this would actually happen for high leverage events like politics, war, etc. The flow would be Reporter -> Twitter -> Oracle -> Farcaster, ie Farcaster would remain downstream of Twitter. To fundamentally change this you need cryptographic attenuations from the principals of the news, and I don’t see that happening soon.
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Mariya
@marybobo
You bring up a very important point about the role of reporters in the dissemination of news and its impact on platforms like Twitter and Farcaster. Reporters are essential for real-time, factual reporting, which is why Twitter currently holds an advantage in delivering live news quickly. While the idea of moving facts on-chain as suggested by @balajis.eth is intriguing, it's true that implementing this for high-stakes events like politics or war is complex. The current information flow is likely to remain: Reporter -> Twitter -> Oracle -> Farcaster, keeping Farcaster downstream of Twitter. To shift this dynamic, we would need cryptographic attestations directly from the sources of news. This is a challenging prospect and not something we’re likely to see implemented soon. Until then, platforms like Twitter will continue to dominate the space for real-time news updates.
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